This game is too real.

Chapter 415 Wool wool starts from OEM!
A day has passed.

The road from Shuguang City to the west has been repaired for 4 kilometers, which is much more than expected.

Two huge industrial behemoths moved forward steadily, their towering bodies and deafening roars became a great spectacle of Dawn City.

It attracted many people to stop and watch.

It's not just the little players watching the fun.

The merchants, tourists, mercenaries, wastelanders, and residents living nearby couldn't help casting surprised glances at the monster.

And couldn't move his eyes in surprise.

"What it is?"

"Road repairing machine?!"

"Big Horned Deer God... I've never seen such a big one!"

"It is said that it was transported from Ideal City!"

"Ideal City?! It turned out to be an ideal city...there is more than 3000 kilometers away from here!"

"How many cows would it take to drag him over?"

"Stupid! People don't know how to use airplanes! Can't they just fly over with wings?"

"hiss……"

"If only I could go there and see it in my life."

Standing next to the newly formed highway, although Chu Guang would not be as fussy as those ignorant wastelanders, nor would he call it unscientific like a few civil dogs, but the shock and emotion in his heart were almost the same .

Look at the yearning eyes of those wastelanders, I haven't even started to win yet, these guys from the east coast are almost winning.

Lands seal borders?

Confer the king and pay homage to the prime minister?

That's Age of Empires.

The slightly cleverer "conquest" is all about power projection and regional influence. Not only does it not reduce the buff of stability and production capacity, but it also saves a series of financial expenditures such as suppression and maintenance costs, and the benefits generated are far greater than direct control.

As for how to increase regional influence?
Advanced technology, rich materials, prosperous culture, lofty ideals, excellent education, etc. can all be achieved.

Chu Guang felt that this matter was very complicated when it was unfolded, but it was actually similar to the emotional matter when it was abstracted.

Handsome or beautiful, rich, eloquent, self-cultivated, smart or thick-skinned... As long as anyone has one or two advantages, the other points will not be so disadvantageous that it is unacceptable. ".

Just like himself, although he is a little poor, his mouth is relatively stupid, and his skin is too thin, but there are still a lot of cute little players around him every day to gain favor with him.

After all, he's still pretty handsome.

The league is in a similar situation at the moment.

Although they have fought a few good battles and the confidence of the survivors has never been higher, but whether it is background or family background, compared with the veteran survivors in the wasteland, the power is still weak.

These rich and handsome people from the east coast just stop here, even if they don't mean to show off subjectively, or even if they don't need it at all, the regional influence will rise.

In fact, let alone those poor wastelanders.

Chu Guang also hopes that one day he can go to the east coast to see what the survivor settlements that are said to be closest to the pre-war era look like.

How does a city less than half the size of Mumbai accommodate millions or tens of millions of people and complete towering skyscrapers.

This may provide him with some management experience.

Of course, although objective gaps exist, we should not underestimate ourselves.

The alliance also has its own BUFF.

The assistance from "Fallen Empire" is both an opportunity and a challenge.

If it is well grasped, the nascent alliance can save more than ten years of road, but if it is not grasped, it may also take more than ten years of detours.

And as a manager.

What he has to do is to maximize his own advantages as much as possible.

When Chu Guang was thinking about how to get some wool from these old friends, the expression on his face was interpreted as envy in Luo Hua's eyes.

After glancing at Chu Guang, and then at Li Changkong's secretly happy complacency, Luo Hua, who was leaning on crutches, felt inexplicably uncomfortable.

When they sent the Pioneer back then, those guys from the Ideal Group pushed back and forth and didn't want to contribute, but now they ran out to gain a sense of presence.

This made him feel like he was being raped by the tauren.

Out of comparison, Luo Hua couldn't help tearing down the stage.

"Don't think too much about the abilities of these people... They are in Ideal City, and their main business is actually property. If it didn't happen, I would almost forget that they can build roads."

However, after hearing his words, the expression on Chu Guang's face became even more surprised.

"Property?!"

Maybe he wasn't imaginative enough.

What real estate company can be so awesome? !

"Ah."

Luo Hua nodded, curled her lips and continued.

"...Fix water pipes, clean the outer walls of the building, clean the air switches, maintain elevators, generate electricity, and there used to be logistics and distribution, but now they are outsourced... As for this kind of heavy engineering equipment, they don't have the ability to make it."

Seeing the unconvinced expression on his face, Chu Guang suddenly felt moved and said.

"I heard that heavy engineering equipment is the main business of the Silver Wing Group?"

"That's right," Luo Hua's face showed a hint of pride, "The Pioneer is our masterpiece! More than 80% of its components are independently completed by us."

Chu Guang asked immediately.

"Then can you make this kind of road repair machine? How much is it?"

"Uh... Then I don't understand," Luo Hua scratched his head, "Five to six million? One to twenty million? The price depends on the model. You can ask Yi Chuan for the specific price. I haven't been back for three years. He knows the market better than I do."

"..."

Hearing the offer, Chu Guang finally felt how cheap the magnetic confinement plasma cutting machine that Li De sold to him was.

11.7 million Cr.

It's a little more expensive than repairing a one-kilometer cement road, which is simply too conscientious!
But then again, Cr at that time was actually different from what it is now.

As a general equivalent exchange, the meaning of currency in different scenarios will also have certain differences.

At that time, the Pioneer needed local resources and labor, while Chu Guang needed the technology on the Pioneer. The role of Cr was only pricing and exchange.

Therefore, under the circumstances at that time, it was not Ideal City that provided the credit guarantee for Cr, but Pioneer itself.

The quotation list provided by both parties does not represent the value of the product itself, but more like the result of a game.

Even now, the list provided to them by the five major groups obviously cannot be the market situation of Ideal City, but more like the balance reached by their internal game.

Chu Guang believed that it would definitely not take 1 Cr to build a 10km emergency cement road in Yunjian Province.

But that doesn't matter to the league.

As part of the 3 million military aid, he doesn't need to pay anyway.

All he has to do is spend money.

……

Li Changkong was in charge of road repairs, so there was no need for Chu Guang to keep watching. After watching for a while, he was busy with his own affairs.

Including a series of infrastructure such as railways, optical cables, cables, high-voltage electricity, etc., as long as the projects related to supply lines are taken care of by Ideal Group.

Holding a huge sum of [-] million Cr, Chu Guang also experienced the feeling of being protected for a while.

Of course.

After all, this money is given by others, and it is definitely not as free as spending it in your own pocket.Among them, the funds that can be used for infrastructure construction are only 7 million in total, and a quarter has been spent so far.

As for the remaining 3000 million, most of them are aided by military equipment, and they can only purchase weapons and heavy equipment to fight against the legion.

The budget that can be used for industrial upgrading is only a little over 3000 million Cr.

In order to make full use of this fund, Chu Guang convened a meeting of representatives from various industries to discuss, and on the other hand, he opened a post on the forum to solicit the opinions of players.

After much deliberation, the style of using the planning vest was a bit inconsistent, so Chu Guang simply wore the vests of the NPCs.

They don't have access to the Internet anyway.

【Beta0.4 Frontier: Industry Upgrade! 】

[Old Luca: Allies from the east coast intend to contribute 3000 million Cr to help us improve production technology, and the alliance will usher in a round of industrial upgrading!The budget is limited, do you have any good ideas? 】

Tail: "Huh?! Wait, isn't the new expansion pack fighting?! (Surprised)"

Sisi: "emmm... It seems that the game will finally update some equipment with a slightly higher technical content, looking forward to it."

Quit smoking: "Awesome! Level up while fighting?"

Lower my voice and I'm Bron: "Do you still need to ask? Every time there is a war, the prices of copper, coal, and sulfur soar. If possible, we must open mines first!"

Ya'er, I want to go to the toilet and ask: "There is nothing wrong with mining, but now the production capacity of several mines in the area from Qingshi County to Xizhou City is not low, and the cost is mainly in transportation. When the transportation capacity increases, the cost will naturally come down... I really think It’s time to upgrade the train, the camel machine is too much!”

Ward's beriberi Levin: "Machine tool! The one with magnetic confinement plasma is good! More machine tools! (color) (color)"

Professor Yang of the Lightning Law King: "There are machines with more horsepower in Jushi City. The advanced ones bought from Ideal City are advanced, but there is no guarantee that they will not be unacceptable. I suggest that we first focus on upgrading the light industry. At present, the consumer goods produced by the alliance are very important to Jushi. The export of the city has great advantages, and we can definitely continue to expand our advantages!"

Quit smoking: "Wait, are you qualified for the closed beta?"

Professor Yang, the king of thunder and lightning: "Hey, I will cry if I talk too much. TT"

Less than half a minute after the post was sent.

The debate in the comment section below quickly heated up.

Chu Guang unexpectedly discovered that for this kind of problem that has little to do with the game itself, the participation enthusiasm of cloud players is much higher than that of beta test players.

Unfortunately, these fierce debates did not produce many constructive results, and most of them ended up crooked.

In the end, it was still Brother Fang who was praised by the beta testers.

Fang Chang: "This topic is too abstract. The problem of the alliance is not what is lacking, but everything is lacking. Heavy industry provides production materials, and light industry produces consumption materials. One is internal strength and the other is external strength. The former is important, but the latter is not important. Needless to say, agriculture, the current highest production value of the alliance is not consumer goods, but the tens of thousands of acres of farmland in the north of Linghu Lake! I also think that agricultural technology should be upgraded."

Makabazi: "I agree! Agricultural technology really needs to be upgraded. The population of the alliance is almost breaking [-]! If it continues to grow, it will not be able to support it! (Show teeth)"

Professor Yang of the Thunder Dharma King: "Isn't this the order of discussion."

Fang Chang: "Discussion is discussion, but this issue cannot be resolved by debating the classics. It has to be combined with the actual situation. I think that instead of centralized procurement by the alliance, it is better to establish a channel for currency exchange and procurement, and leave it to each industry to decide for themselves What kind of equipment to introduce. Those who run textile factories make money, they will naturally upgrade their textile equipment, and those who start steel factories make money, they will naturally upgrade their steel factories.”

The mole on the run in the canyon: "+1, experts know what they need better than laymen. They can solve the most critical technical pain points with the least cost, which is much more efficient than a group of laymen who have no clue to pick and choose."

After browsing the comments below the post, Chu Guang touched his chin with interest.

"interesting."

In fact, to purchase industrial equipment from Boulder City, he adopted the method of establishing a currency exchange mechanism and procurement channels, so that professional life players and NPCs who run factories can purchase suitable equipment according to their needs.

However, the situation in Ideal City is obviously different from that in Boulder City.

With a distance of [-] kilometers, it is difficult for the two sides to form a stable trading market, allowing the alliance to earn foreign exchange from Ideal City.

He only has 3000 million Cr available for use, and it is impossible to completely leave it to the market for regulation.

At present, the procurement list given by representatives of various industries has a total of 317 items, 57 of which are listed as the first priority.

Among the 57 projects, 80% are concentrated in the field of heavy industry, and 20% are in light industry. According to the quotation evaluated by Yichuan, it far exceeds the budget of 3000 million yuan.

At least 5000 million Cr is needed to do it.

If you want to get more aid, you must achieve enough results on the battlefield. Only when you see that the money spent is working, companies will spend more money to bet.

However, Chu Guang always had a feeling that when he was painting cakes for those people on the east coast, those people were also painting cakes for himself.

Do you want a military factory with a daily production of [-] rounds of shells?
Do you want a coal mine with an annual output of [-] tons?
Including automated cable factory, auto repair factory, tractor factory, etc. Want it?
Just give you the big noses of the west coast.

The first aid of 3000 million is more like an advance payment.

Looking at the funding gap of at least 2000 million on the list, and the production line proposed by the players, Chu Guang couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"If only I could find a way to earn some Cr."

Xiao Qi, who was sitting at the computer desk, tilted her head.

"Master, is 3000 million not enough for you?"

Chu Guang shook his head.

"Not enough. I consulted with the representatives of the Silver Wing Group. The quotation for a paving machine alone is close to 3000 million... This does not include maintenance costs."

The puppet controlled by Xiao Qi had a surprised expression on his face, and whispered.

"3000 million... is enough to repair 300 kilometers of roads."

Chu Guang leaned on the chair and nodded.

"Well, considering the maintenance cost, the total mileage is less than 500 kilometers. It is better to outsource the project directly to Ideal Group, so I didn't list it on the first batch of purchase lists."

Xiao Qi: "Then how do you plan to solve the funding gap?"

Although it didn't have a good idea, it felt that the owner must have a way.

Chu Guang sighed, staring at the ceiling above his head, and muttered twice to himself.

"At present, there is only one way, and that is to achieve good results on the frontal battlefield. In this way, we also have enough leverage to ask companies to increase their support for us."

but.

Relying on the handouts of others is never a long-term solution.

After the war is over and the legion is expelled, the aid from the east coast will naturally be suspended.

If only I could figure out a way to get some wool.

It's a pity that this time it's the bionic unit, those iron bumps don't even have salary, not only don't consume, in order to save electricity, even the power supply is turned off, so they don't give him a chance at all.

Just relying on those four representatives, no matter how rich they are, no matter how much money they can waste, they will only spend [-] to [-] yuan if they die.

In the face of the size of the league, this little money is just a drop in the bucket.

Just when Chu Guang was suffering from a headache, a new email reminder popped up in the lower right corner of the computer screen.

The email was from Camp 101.

It was from Pai, the very clever little girl.

【Master asked me to tell you that the fusion reactor is almost finished!The fire will be lit in two days, do you want to come over? 】

The moment Chu Guang saw this news, his eyes lit up suddenly, and he sat up from his chair suddenly.

Yes.

And a reactor too!
He counted and counted, but he missed this thing.

"Have!!"

Looking at the suddenly energetic master, Xiao Qi who was sitting on the table blinked curiously.

"Have?"

"OEM!" Chu Guang laughed, and continued with piercing eyes, "We can introduce some spare parts production projects from the enterprise first, so as to complete the industrial upgrading and find a market for the upgraded industry!"

It's still a pot of inertial thinking!

He has been busy with meetings for the past two days, staring at the subsidies issued by the company and the wages in the pockets of the dispatched employees, and almost forgot about this money-making business!

Xiao Qi said confusedly: "But... didn't you say that 3000 kilometers is too far away, and the products produced by the alliance cannot be transported?"

Chu Guang replied without hesitation.

"That was before!"

"As long as the reactor is re-ignited, the cost of electricity in Xizhou City will drop to the same level as Ideal City! Our electricity can even be cheaper than theirs!"

The reactor used in Xizhou City is a relic left over from the prosperous era. The principle is the pure helium three-reaction in the third-generation controllable fusion, which is the same technical principle as the reactor widely used in Ideal City.

If only from a technical point of view, there is not much difference in the cost of nuclear power between the two sides.

However, the calculation of cost should not only consider the consumption of materials, but also other aspects such as operation and maintenance.

Due to the low degree of electrification in Xizhou City, even if some industries are relocated from Shuguang City, it still cannot fully absorb the energy generated by the controllable fusion reactor.

In other words, even if the reactor is running at the lowest output power, there will be a problem of excess energy.

Therefore, in an economic sense, the electricity cost of the alliance is actually much lower than that of Ideal City.No matter where it is used, as long as this part of the excess electricity can be used to create even a little bit of value, it will be profitable.

For enterprises, the planes transporting military aid materials have to fly over, and flying back empty-handed is equivalent to wasting hundreds or even thousands of tons of transportation capacity, so it is better to take some things back.

In addition, Xizhou City is rich in electricity and mining resources, so it is definitely profitable for them to transfer some of the less profitable industries from the east coast to here!
Although this sounds counterintuitive, under the premise that Xizhou City has a controllable fusion reactor, the transportation cost between the enterprise and the alliance may be lower than the transportation cost between the enterprise and the survivor settlements in neighboring provinces.

Even if the two sides are separated by 3000 kilometers!

Although there is a problem with the limit of air transport capacity, it is completely sufficient in terms of the current economic size of the alliance!

When the transportation capacity starts to tighten, the industrial output value of Xizhou City may have doubled many times earlier, and the river port on the tributary of Tianshui should also be developed.

Building a few more freighters with a displacement of [-] tons will not only be able to do business with Ideal City, but also include all the survivor settlements along the river within thousands of kilometers into the alliance's trade territory.

Drawing the blueprint for the future in his mind, Chu Guang felt his thoughts opened up in an instant, and a happy smile floated on his face.

This is more than a win-win situation.

It's almost a win, okay?
Although she didn't want to disturb the master's daydream, Xiao Qi still couldn't help reminding her in a low voice.

"But master... nuclear fuel is limited, right? Xiao Qi thinks it's better to save some."

Chu Guang replied without hesitation.

"You are right, but no matter how frugal we are, the limited inventory will be exhausted one day. The problems caused by development must be solved by development!"

People cannot stop eating because they will choke to death.

As long as the alliance is developed to be able to resume the Earth-Moon flight before the nuclear fuel in the southern part of the River Valley Province is exhausted, these problems will naturally be solved!

But it has really developed to that level, presumably with the size of the alliance, there is no need to rely on anyone anymore...

With ten fingers crackling on the keyboard, Chu Guang hit the enter button and replied an email to Pai who was far away in Xizhou City.

"want!"

"I'm coming over right now!"

……

While Chu Guang was busy communicating with Camp No. 101 on matters related to the ignition of the reactor, the First Hospital of Shuguang City welcomed a special guest at the door.

Yufeng, who was walking along the hospital corridor beside Yunyou, explained in a low voice.

"...When we passed Yongdong City before, we encountered a little trouble. The mutant slime mold there is different from other places. The evolution is quite tricky. Not only is it extremely aggressive, but it will also pretend to be an ordinary survivor. By."

"In order to break out, [-] commando soldiers were infected by the mutated slime mold and were unable to complete the next mission. Our captain left them here for treatment."

He is the apprentice and employee of Heding, the logistics chief of the expedition.

In order to help the alliance build ammunition production lines and introduce instant noodle production technology, he was asked by his boss to stay here and connect with the reinforcements who arrived later.

It is worth mentioning that, since the logistics of the expedition team are outsourced to the partners of the enterprise, he, like his boss, is not an employee of the enterprise, nor does he have the resident status of Ideal City. Ordinary wastelanders in a settlement.

For him, the senior employees of the company are undoubtedly the big shots.

Even technicians like engineers.

After listening to his statement, Yun You nodded slowly.

"I've heard about your matter. The employees of the Silver Wing Group mentioned the abnormal situation in Yongdong City in the report, but we don't care about it for the time being. The crew of the Pioneer and No. 0 Shelter are the first Priority...how are their injuries?"

Yufeng shook his head.

"It's terrible... The alliance has some excellent biologists and has experience in fighting slime molds, but you should also see that the medical conditions and scientific research infrastructure here are too backward."

"All they can do is to maintain the status quo so that the injuries of those wounded will not deteriorate further. If they want to be completely cured, they may have to be transferred to the hospital in Ideal City."

Yunyou sighed softly, speaking in a condolence tone.

"You have worked hard... After the energy is replenished, our plane will take you home."

Yufeng smiled embarrassedly.

"Actually... it's not hard work, the living conditions here are not bad. Of course, it's definitely not as lively as the ideal city."

Yunyou didn't speak.

It was evident to her that it was a word of consolation.

After all, no matter from which angle you look at it, the development here is far lower than Ideal City, not even as good as some of the larger survivor settlements in Yunjian Province.

It can only be said that compared with other survivor villages in the interior, the way of life of the people here is indeed relatively more civilized.

After all, there are also many shelter residents living here, so they can still play some role.

Led by Yufeng and the hospital nurses, Yunyou walked to the door of the ward, and faintly heard voices coming from inside.

"Yes A!"

"Damn, I'm sorry..."

"Where's your bomb?"

"Where the hell did I get the bomb?!"

"Hahaha, the bomb is here! Four three goodbyes!"

"@#%!"

"Don't be silly, hurry up!"

Yun You who was standing at the door was slightly taken aback, not understanding their discussion.

to A?

bomb?

Is this... discussing a battle plan?
She couldn't help but feel a little pain at the thought of these poor children being sent off to distant battlefields to shed blood for people they'd never met.

If it weren't for the expedition that went their own way, they wouldn't have had to suffer these pains at all.

Taking a deep breath, Yunyou reached out and pushed the door open.

However, when she saw the situation in the ward clearly, she froze in place.

In the messy ward, a dozen shirtless men were forming a circle, with a small table in the middle.

On the table was a stack of scattered papers and silver steel pipes, and there were beer bottles and cigarette butts scattered on the concrete floor beside it.

Seeing Yunyou standing at the door, a few young men were still touching cards with playful faces, but they didn't react at all, but Shen Rui's expression changed with his arms wrapped around him.

Others don't recognize this one.

But as a veteran under Yun Song, he recognized him...

Noticing Yufeng's frantic wink, Shen Rui was about to say something to ease the embarrassment at the moment.

However, before he could open his mouth, a light cough from the door broke the laughter, cursing and gags in the room.

Looking at these boys, Yun You who was standing at the door spoke slowly.

"What are you... doing?"

(End of this chapter)